Hey Everybody! This is a New Music Monday Mixtape. It’s a compilation of the songs my twins daughters requested for their birthday mix and some new songs that have come out that I just love to death! The first being the new track from El Debarge and Faith Evans. While I’m not a fan of Faith’s new album (because I feel like she could have used better producers for her phenomenal voice) this new track “Lay With You” is a winner! I really wanted to put more Eminem because I’m in love with his new album “Recovery” (and wouldn’t you know he released a new version of “Love The Way You Lie” after I made this mix…RATS!) Trey Songz is being herbed for his new mixtape: both Raheem DeVaughn and R. Kelly remade two of the best songs on the mixtape, although I couldn’t include Kells version of “Already Taken” because I couldn’t score a clean copy (shakes fist).

If you haven’t noticed I am a BIG Drake fan and my daughters are BIG Nikki Minaj fans. It’s so cute. My girls barely used to watch videos and now they know all the lyrics to rap songs. So cute to see them develop their musical tastes and it’s rubbed off on  me! I’m rapping as hard as they are to her songs and contorting my head and facial expressions. I know…I’m a mess! Love Love Love the new T.I. with Chris Brown. It’s a great song for both of them considering their legal troubles “My Road to Redemption Has No GPS!” WORD!

I hope you enjoy the mix and thanks for waiting so long for this one!

Track Listing

1. El Debarge ft. Faith Evans – Lay With You
2. Ne-Yo ft. Jermaine Dupri – One In A Million Remix
3. Trey Songz – Already Taken
4. Miguel ft. J. Cole – All I Want Is You
5. Jazmine Sullivan ft. Mary J. Blige & Swizz Beatz  – Holding You Down (Remix)
6. Drake ft. Mary J. Blige & Swizz Beatz – Fancy (Official Remix)
7. Kanye West ft. Pusha T – Runaway
8. Chris Brown ft. T.I., Drake, Kanye, Andre 3000, Fabolous – Deuces (Remix)
9. Eminem – Seduction
10. Drake ft. Nikki Minaj – Up All Night
11. Kanye West ft. Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj & Bon Iver – Monster
12. Gucci Mane ft. Pharrell & Nikii Minaj – Haterade
13. Trey Songz ft. Busta Rhymes & Nikki Minaj – Bottoms Up (Remix)
14. Rick Ross Ft. Styles P – B.M.F. (Blowin’ Money Fast)
15. Cali Swag District ft. Jermaine Dupri – Teach Me How To Dougie
16. Trey Songz – Can’t Be Friends
17. Raheem DeVaughn – Can’t Be Friends
18. Eminem ft. Rihanna – Love The Way You Lie
19. T.I. ft. Chris Brown – Get Back Up
20. Rick Ross ft. T.I., Jadakiss & Erykah Badu – Maybach Music III
21. Drake – I Get Lonely Too
22. Jermaine Dupri ft. R. Kelly – My Baby

Review:

To say that Wale is the second coming of conscious rap would be an understatement. This son of Nigerian immigrants is from Washington DC and the Go-Go beats throughout the mixtape would clue you in to that immediately. Go-Go is wildly popular in the DC and B-More areas, but rarely is it played anywhere else. Wale could change that though, with this heavily Seinfeld influenced mixtape, which holds crazy cuts to entertain the ears. There is jest, tongue in cheek references and “The Manipulation” will have you hitting the rewind button. Great effort. I just wonder what he would sound like on a studio produced album, but it may not matter because this concept mixtape is definitely worth the money.

Notable cuts:#02, #10,#11, #16

Top 5 Banging Beats worth listening to:

_The Roots Song Wale Is On (?uestLove genius)

-The Feature Heavy Song (very good fusion of Go-Go with an early 90′s feel)

-The Roc Boys Freestyle (he murders this beat)

- The Manipulation (once you get past the Seinfeld piece the beat knocks…plus the lyrics are fire)

-The Bmore Club Slam (the house beat is slammin!)

Track Listing

1. The Opening Title Sequence – Wale [Prod. by Best Kept Secret]
2. The Roots Song Wale Is On – Wale feat. Chrisette Michele [Prod. by ?uestlove & James Poyser]
3. The Feature Heavy Song – Wale feat. Bun B, Pusha T and Tre from UCB [Prod. by Best Kept Secret]
4. The Roc Boys Freestyle – Wale
5. The Perfect Plan – Wale [Prod. by Best Kept Secret]
6. The Kramer – Wale [Prod. by Best Kept Secret]
7. The Crazy – Wale [Prod. by Best Kept Secret]
8. The Vacation From Ourselves – Wale [Prod. by Best Kept Secret]
9. The Remake of A Remake [All I Need] – Wale feat. Tawiah [Prod. by Mark Ronson]
10. The Grown Up – Wale [Prod. by Best Kept Secret]
11. The Manipulation – Wale [Prod. by Best Kept Secret]
12. The Artistic Integrity – Wale [Prod. by Best Kept Secret]
13. The Star – Wale
14. The Skit [Untz Untz] – Wale
15. The Cliche Lil Wayne Feature [It's The Remix baby!] – Wale [Prod. by Osinachi]
16. The Bmore Club Slam – Wale [Prod. by Scottie B]
17. The Chicago Falcon [remix] – Wale feat. The Budos Band [Prod. by Mark Ronson & Eli Escobar]
18. The Hype – Wale [Prod. by Best Kept Secret]
19. The End Credits – Wale [Prod. by Best Kept Secret]

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